Unit 4Unit 4Chapter 4, Section 2Chapter 4, Section 2

Relations Among the StatesRelations Among the States

Mr. YoungMr. Young

American GovernmentAmerican Government

Interstate RelationsInterstate Relations

Article IVArticle IV requires states to do the requires states to do the following:following:

1.1. Give “Full Give “Full faithfaith and and creditcredit to another to another statestate

2.2. Give another state’s citizens “Give another state’s citizens “privilegesprivileges and and immunitiesimmunities” ”

3.3. ExtraditeExtradite, return a fugitive to the state , return a fugitive to the state they escaped fromthey escaped from

Full Faith and CreditFull Faith and Credit

Given to each state to the Given to each state to the public actspublic acts, , recordsrecords, and , and judicialjudicial proceedings proceedings

Each state must recognize the Each state must recognize the lawslaws and and legallegal proceedings of every other state proceedings of every other state

Only applies to Only applies to civilcivil laws- laws relating to laws- laws relating to disputes between disputes between individualsindividuals, , groupsgroups, or , or with the with the statestate

Full Faith and CreditFull Faith and Credit

Privileges and ImmunitiesPrivileges and Immunities

One state may not One state may not discriminate discriminate against a against a citizen of another statecitizen of another state

States can make laws regarding States can make laws regarding votingvoting, , holding a holding a public public office, residency before office, residency before establishing a establishing a professional professional businessbusiness

Also, may have to pay for Also, may have to pay for fishing fishing or or huntinghunting, and , and out-of-stateout-of-state tuition tuition

Privileges and ImmunitiesPrivileges and Immunities

ExtraditionExtradition

Returning a Returning a criminal criminal back to the state of back to the state of the crimethe crime

The The governorgovernor of the state is responsible of the state is responsible for for returning returning the criminalthe criminal

ExtraditionExtradition

Interstate CompactsInterstate Compacts

A written agreement between two or more A written agreement between two or more statesstates

States must resolve their differences in a States must resolve their differences in a nonviolentnonviolent way way

Congress Congress must approve of the compact, must approve of the compact, and once it is signed, it is and once it is signed, it is enforceableenforceable by by the the Supreme CourtSupreme Court

Interstate CompactsInterstate Compacts

Lawsuits between StatesLawsuits between States

Suits among two or more states are heard Suits among two or more states are heard in the US in the US Supreme CourtSupreme Court, the only court in , the only court in which one state may sue anotherwhich one state may sue another

They can be over many issues, such as They can be over many issues, such as waterwater, , sewagesewage polluting water in another polluting water in another state, or state, or boundaryboundary lines. lines.

Lawsuits among stateLawsuits among state